Defected?
In the evening, Yamanaka Ino woke up.
The first thing she woke up, she was scared and looked around in a hurry, her memory only stayed on the shark face before she passed out.
At this time, Ino found that there were many bonfires around her, and there was a faint smell of barbecue all around.
"Gurgle gurgle..." Ino's little belly started to call.
Because she hasn't eaten anything from morning till now.
"Eh? Wait!"
Ino woke up suddenly, she realized that she seemed to be locked up.
And, she was also locked up with two other people.
One of them, Ino didn't know, she thought this person also looked pretty good, but definitely not as good-looking as Haku.
and the other person, even if he turned to ashes, Ino would recognize him.
Ino's eyes widened, "Iruka-sensei? Why are you here too, shouldn't you be in Konohagakure?"
Iruka looked helplessly at Yamanaka Ino in front of him.
Facing his student, Iruka said, "Shouldn't it be me asking you first, why are you here, Ino?"
"Ah... well! Haha! That's a long story, hahaha!" Ino laughed awkwardly, scratching her head in embarrassment.
Because she had secretly left Konohagakure in a way that was like running away from home.
Creak——
Suddenly, a sound of metal friction came from the side, and the iron gate of the prison cart was opened by someone.
Ino turned her head and looked, the puzzled look on her face instantly turned into surprise, "Haku! Haku, it's me! It's me! I'm Ino, Yamanaka Ino!"
The person who opened the prison cart was indeed Haku.
"Ino, come down." Haku said helplessly.
"Okay!"
Ino hopped down.
Just as Iruka also wanted to follow Ino down, the door of the prison cart was directly closed by Haku.
Haku gave Iruka a sly smile, "Iruka-sensei, you might have to stay here for a few days, until we get far away from Konohagakure, then we'll release you."
Iruka: "..."
Iruka knew very well what Haku was planning.
As long as they get a certain distance away from Konohagakure, even if he gets out of the prison cart, it would be very difficult for him to run back to Konohagakure village in a short time.
By then, he would really be tied to the pirate ship.
"Ino, why did you sneak over here?" Haku couldn't help but voice his doubt.
Ino was a bit shy and twisted, her fingertips were pinching the corner of her clothes, "Because Haku is leaving Konohagakure, I... I also want to follow Haku and leave Konohagakure together."
"..." Such an answer did not surprise Haku.
Haku sighed lightly, "Are your father and mother willing to let you go?"
Ino thought for a moment, she took out a scroll from her bosom, "This was left at my door when I was preparing to sneak away in the early morning. When I opened it, it was full of our Yamanaka clan's secret techniques."
Ino continued, "Perhaps, my father and mother knew, and they also allowed and supported me to do this."
Oh My Goodness...
Can they just hand their daughter over to the pirates?
"So, Ino, do you want to stay in Whitebeard's pirate crew?" Haku thought for a moment and felt that Ino was quite interesting.
At least, her courage was recognized by him.
"Want! Want! Want!" Others might hesitate for a while before joining Whitebeard's pirate crew, even Naruto was no exception, Naruto was also slightly hesitant at first.
But Ino was different, as long as Haku was in Whitebeard's pirate crew, Ino would join Whitebeard's pirate crew without hesitation.
On this point, Ino had no hesitation, no modesty, she only had the love of a girl's budding heart.
Of course... at her current age, she can't even be considered a girl, at most she can only be considered a little girl.
But who made everyone in the ninja world generally precocious?
There was Uchiha Itachi who exterminated his clan at the age of thirteen, Now, there was Ino, who ran away with her crush when she was only seven years old.
This kind of "early mature" is commonplace to everyone.
"Haku, as long as I join the Whitebeard Pirates, can I become a family with you?" Ino actually took the initiative to grab Haku's hand, and then asked enthusiastically: "Just like you, Sasuke, Naruto, and Karin?"
"...That's right." The enthusiasm shown by Ino made Haku a bit overwhelmed.
"Then I also want to join the Whitebeard Pirates!" Ino's eyes almost glowed, she hurriedly said: "I also want to become a family with Haku!"
Haku: "...Then, I'll take you to meet Pops."
Haku's consciousness was a bit dazed, is it so simple to pull someone into the Whitebeard Pirates?
Or is it that Yamanaka Ino is a special kind of person?
After all, compared to others, Yamanaka Ino is almost completely sticking to him.
The reason used is also a bit simple.
Simple to the point of absurdity.
Just as Haku was taking Ino towards the direction where Pops was, suddenly someone else followed.
Haku turned his head in surprise and found out it was actually Hyuga Neji.
"Neji?" Haku was a bit surprised: "Do you want to come together too?"
Neji first glanced at Ino who was like a rutting wild boar.
Then he pulled a face and said to Haku: "If I were to be surpassed by this kind of person, it would be a bit too shameful."
"Hey! What do you mean by being surpassed by this kind of person?" Ino's delicate little face wrinkled: "You...you look familiar!"
Ino suddenly found this person looking very familiar!
"It's you!" She suddenly remembered: "The genius of the Hyuga clan's branch family, Hyuga Neji!"
Previously, Ino was also involved in the group of little kids who killed the old Hyuga Taisou of the Hyuga clan.
Ino and Neji have also been temporary team members.
They are all accomplices who killed Hyuga Taisou.
Seeing that Neji didn't continue to deal with her, Ino pouted her mouth and muttered: "You, why are you so weird?"
But the next second, Ino couldn't speak, because Haku had already brought them both to Whitebeard Pops.
At this moment, Whitebeard was sitting on the ground carelessly.
On his left sat Kakashi, the "storage jar" of the Whitebeard Pirates, and on his right sat Tsunade holding a wine bowl.
"Gulp gulp gulp gulp——burp! Ha!"
Whitebeard and Tsunade, the wine in the two big and small wine bowls poured into their mouths.
The two old alcoholics were surprisingly congenial.
Whitebeard put the huge wine bowl on the ground, his empty eyes glanced at the drunken Tsunade: "Gurararararara! Tsunade, you weak! You're drunk after only ten bowls!"
Tsunade burped, her face flushed with drunkenness: "Burp! That's just, I'm just letting you win old man."
Tsunade was obviously slurring and stuttering.
But she still stubbornly poured herself another bowl of wine, but this bowl of wine hadn't even taken a sip...
She fell to the ground.
When she was about to hit her head on the ground, Shizune on the side hurriedly reached out and supported Tsunade's body.
"Tsunade-sama is so soft... Ah, damn!"
Shizune hurriedly changed the position of her hands supporting her, she looked helplessly at Tsunade: "Tsunade-sama... You drank too much tonight, didn't you?"
Yes, Tsunade and Shizune, this pair of master and disciple, also followed the Whitebeard Pirates' team.
Although they did not join the Whitebeard Pirates, but because they promised to treat Kimimaro.
But Kimimaro is on the side of the Whitebeard Pirates.
They can only follow along.
"Gurarararararara!"
Whitebeard's mouth curled up, letting out a hearty laugh, "It seems I still have the upper hand!"
Then...
Whitebeard's gaze fell on Haku, Ino, and Neji, these three little devils who were not very old.
"So, foolish son, did you bring them over for something?" Whitebeard asked with interest.
Haku immediately answered Whitebeard, "Pops, this one is called Hyuga Neji, this one is called Yamanaka Ino, both of them want to join the Whitebeard Pirates."
At this point, Haku added, "I think both of them are very suitable to be crew members of the pirate crew. Among them, Neji is recognized as a genius in the ninja school."
"Ino is also the eldest daughter of the Yamanaka clan in Konohagakure village, and she is the one who secretly followed behind us."
"Oh?" Whitebeard scrutinized the two little brats from Konohagakure village with his gaze.
Under Whitebeard's gaze... both Neji and Ino couldn't help but feel a sense of tension.
Whitebeard's burly physique alone was enough to give people a great sense of oppression.
That height of 6,66m , even if he was sitting cross-legged on the ground, it would require two little kids to look up exaggeratedly to barely see Whitebeard's face.
Under the flickering firelight of the bonfire next to him, Whitebeard's face was hard to see clearly.
This kind of atmosphere made Neji and Ino even more nervous.
Their breathing involuntarily became a bit rapid.
The frequency of their heartbeats also accelerated.
At this time, Whitebeard suddenly spoke, breaking the silence, "Gurarararara! You two little brats want to join the Whitebeard Pirates... what's your reason? Let me hear it?"
Reason?
Neji and Ino couldn't help but look at each other.
In the end, it was still Neji who plucked up the courage first and said, "I want to acknowledge you as my father, to gain the power to break the cage of destiny in the Whitebeard Pirates! I want to join the Whitebeard Pirates and have a real family!"
"Me me me!" Seeing that Neji had taken the lead, Ino also plucked up her courage and hurriedly said, "Because I want to become Haku's family, just... just that simple!"
Both of them were a bit uneasy after saying a few words.
They both spoke their most sincere thoughts.
They didn't know if their sincere reasons...
Could they move Whitebeard?
"Gurararararara!"
Whitebeard grabbed the wine bowl next to him with one hand and poured all the wine in the bowl into his mouth.
Then, he grinned and said to the two little devils below, "So what do you think... how should you call me?"
How to call?
Grandpa Whitebeard?
Whitebeard-dono?
Whitebeard-sama?
Whitebeard-san?
In a short moment, Ino and Neji had one address after another popping up in their minds.
But their subconscious told them that the call was not that simple.
Ino couldn't help but glance at Haku next to her.
A sudden flash of inspiration made Ino's eyes light up instantly.
This time, it was her turn to rush in front of Neji, hurriedly bowing deeply to Whitebeard, and it was a respectful bow of ninety degrees.
"Pops!!!" Ino said the address that Haku had said to Whitebeard.
Neji: "!!!"
Although Neji felt that this woman called Yamanaka Ino was very loud and always made him feel a bit uncomfortable.
But at this moment, he had to admit that her mind was very quick.
Why didn't he think of this address just now?
Why didn't he realize just now that this was such a hint?
Neji also imitated Ino's appearance and shouted to Whitebeard, "Pops!!!"
For the people of the Whitebeard Pirates, this is indeed a rare sight.
Because, every time someone recognized Pops as their father, they came one by one.
This time it's completely different.
It turned out to be two little kids want to recognize Pops as their father at the same time.
"It seems that Haku has successfully brought two new members to the pirate crew!" Naruto was a bit emotional: "Neji, Ino, they are both our family."
"Hyuga Neji..." Sasuke was somewhat interested in Neji, he thought this was an opponent on par with himself.
When practicing with Naruto, Sasuke was always crushed by Naruto, and even crushed by Haku.
But if he practice with Hyuga Neji, who was once the top genius of the ninja school, should he be able to tie with the other party?
Or... with his current strength, can he already defeat the other party?
Sasuke was eager to try.
Karin was interested: "It seems that Ino really is very persistent towards Haku!"
Speaking of this, Karin couldn't help but look at Hinata next to her: "Just like Hinata!"
Hinata's little face turned red all of a sudden: "What... What is it the same?"
Karin giggled: "Because, when you joined the Whitebeard Pirates, Hinata, it was for Naruto! Now Ino joins the Whitebeard Pirates, it's for Haku!"
Karin, a little devil, sighed: "This might be the power of love!"
With this sentence, Hinata's little face turned even redder.
But she didn't refute.
"In this way, the core crew of the pirate group has broken through twelve, right?" Uchiha Izumi sat among a group of Uchiha survivors.
She was also looking at Ino and Neji who recognized Pops as their father.
"This is the charisma of Pops!" Kakashi, who had already joined the Whitebeard Pirates, couldn't help but sigh.
In the prison cart, Iruka: "..."
Iruka didn't expect that Ino sneaked over, actually to join the Whitebeard Pirates!
This made Iruka's mood quite complicated.
He didn't know what to say.
The key is that from what Yamanaka Ino just said, it seems that the head of the Yamanaka clan is very supportive of Ino joining the Whitebeard Pirates.
What is this?
Could it be that the Yamanaka clan of Konohagakure wants to lean towards the Whitebeard Pirates?
Does the Yamanaka clan want to follow the pace of the Uchiha clan?
"Gurararararara, is this the sincerity of you two little brats?" Whitebeard laughed loudly: "As a pirate on the seas, your voice can't be so small! I can't hear! I can't hear at all! Louder! Little brats!"
Whitebeard's words made Neji and Ino take a deep breath.
They almost shouted out in unison: "Pops!!!"
This time the voice seemed to echo through the sky, startling many birds of the night.
"Gurararararara! Good! Pirates should have such a spirit!" Whitebeard was very satisfied.
With his words falling, Whitebeard also recognized Hyuga Neji and Yamanaka Ino.
From this moment on, Whitebeard has one more daughter and one more son.
"So, does that mean..." Ino swallowed nervously, unable to contain the excitement on her face, "Am I already a member of the Whitebeard Pirates?"
Whitebeard extended a finger, lightly tapping Ino's head, "Foolish daughter, isn't what Pops just said clear enough?"
Whitebeard grinned broadly, "You two little brats are naturally my sons and daughters! Gurararararara!"
"But..." Whitebeard's smile suddenly took on a teasing tone, "Becoming a child of mine is not an easy thing!"
"So, starting from tomorrow, you two will also join the special training queue!"
Special training? This term gave Ino a bad premonition.
The children that Whitebeard wanted to raise were naturally not those who were pampered, he needed every son and daughter to have the ability to stand alone.
If converted into the strength unit of the ninja world, Whitebeard wanted to train every child to at least to Jonin level.
If he could train them all to "Kage level" that would be even better.
"Gurararararara! You guys!" Whitebeard shouted at everyone, "What are you still dazed for? Shouldn't we hold a banquet to welcome the joining of two new family members?"
...
Meanwhile.
Konohagakure Village, Hokage Building.
Recently, Sarutobi Hiruzen has been busy until late at night every time.
Because there were too many things happening in Konohagakure, every single thing required him, the Third Hokage, to handle personally.
This made Sarutobi Hiruzen's workload almost several times heavier.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was reviewing documents while touching his mouth.
His face was somewhat dark.
Because early this morning, he was so angry about the "Whitebeard Pirates robbing Konohagakure's bank" that he fainted and broke the last tooth in his mouth.
After finally waking up, he, the Hokage, still couldn't rest, he still had to deal with the village's affairs.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had never felt before that being a Hokage could be so troublesome.
"Hokage-sama, there is the latest intelligence news." Suddenly, an Anbu ninja jumped in from the window.
The appearance of the Anbu ninja made Sarutobi Hiruzen glance sideways, "What intelligence?"
The Anbu ninja answered, "The Chunin teacher of the ninja school, Umino Iruka, is missing, the eldest daughter of the Yamanaka clan, Yamanaka Ino, is also missing, and the genius youth of the Hyuga clan, Hyuga Neji, is also missing."
"Among them, there are signs of fighting in Umino Iruka's home, and the symbol of the Whitebeard Pirates is carved on the walls of his home, It is suspected that he have been forcibly taken away by the people of the Whitebeard Pirates."
"Yamanaka Ino last appearance is at the gate of Konohagakure.Coincidentally, the Whitebeard Pirates had just left less than a minute, she is suspected to have followed the Whitebeard Pirates."
The Anbu ninja paused, and continued, "In addition, Tsunade-sama and her disciple Shizune, seem to have also left Konohagakure. According to our investigation, it should also be related to the Whitebeard Pirates."
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen almost blacked out again, but he quickly pinched his thigh, using the pain to make himself slightly sober.
When the Whitebeard Pirates left Konohagakure, not only did they rob Konohagakure village of its wealth, but they also robbed Konohagakure's young talents?
Sarutobi Hiruzen was so angry that he almost vomited blood!
"Hokage-sama, our people have communicated with the head of the Yamanaka clan, Yamanaka Inoichi, and found... he seems to be quite calm about this matter." An Anbu ninja suddenly added.
"Hmm?" Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned: "Calm?"
The Anbu ninja nodded: "So, we reasonably suspect... Yamanaka Ino leaving Konohagakure with the Whitebeard Pirates is an act tacitly approved by Yamanaka Inoichi."
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "!!!"
What does it mean?
Did Ino-Shika-Cho defect?
...
...
(End of Chapter)
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